On Aug. 7, 1782, George Washington established...

On Aug. 7, 1782, George Washington established the Order of the Purple Heart.

In 1876 Mata Hari, the World War I Dutch spy and courtesan, was born in Leiuwarden, the Netherlands.

In 1882 a feud erupted between the Hatfields of West Virginia and the McCoys of Kentucky.

In 1912 delegates at the Progressive Party's first national convention, held in Chicago, nominated Theodore Roosevelt for president.

In 1934 the U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling striking down the government's attempt to ban the James Joyce novel "Ulysses."

In 1942 U.S. forces landed on Guadalcanal in the South Pacific in World War II.

In 1959 the satellite Explorer-6 transmitted man's first view of Earth from space.

In 1963 Jacqueline Kennedy gave birth to a son, Patrick Bouvier. (The infant died two days later.)

In 1970 a gunman entered a courtroom in San Rafael, Calif., touching off a gun battle that left a judge and three other people dead.

In 1985 an agreement was announced ending a major league baseball strike. Also in 1985 cable TV magnate Ted Turner announced an agreement to buy the financially ailing MGM-UA movie company for $1.5 billion and to end his bid to take over CBS.

In 1989 a small plane carrying U.S. Rep. Mickey Leland (D-Tex.) and 15 other people disappeared during a flight in Ethopia. (The wreckage of the plane was found six days later. There were no survivors.)